The Sunflower Dreams Project

Our Vision

The Olena Zelenska Foundation, see details here, estimated that 44% of Ukrainian children suffer from PTSD, some studies say the number is much higher, for instance the study by Gradus Research, mentioned on Counteroffensive and ukrinform, states that 75% of children have PTSD symptoms.

Our vision is to use our platform, bringing the art of the Ukrainian children who are attending art healing projects, to raise awareness of the plight of the children, and to encourage practical solutions for more and affordable access to child mental health care for Ukraine's traumatised Children of War.

We are the Sunflower Dreams Project. Our project is a series of exhibitions in the European Union, the United Kingdom and North America. It is created and supported exclusively by a team of multinational volunteers, all of whom have served in Ukraine, since the full-scale war started in 2022. We come from many places: we are Czech, German, Ukrainian, English, Scottish, Canadian, Spanish, American, Romanian, and Croatian.

Our Mission

As long as this war continues, we find the artwork of Ukrainian children and bring it to the rest of the world to tell their stories.

After all, each piece of art is a small piece of a child’s soul. We are determined to aid as many children as possible by lobbying for other countries to provide resources to support children's mental health in Ukraine.

We post here a sample of low resolution scans of some of the art we have exhibited so far

We are very nimble, our events can be long exhibitions at established galleries, municipal buildings, or we can run exhibitions at festivals and community gatherings

Our work has appeared on local, regional and national TV, as well as major newsprint and social media